Racial covenants in the early 20th century banned certain races and religions from Seattle neighborhoods. Redlining and discrimination in lending practices also damaged minority communities by denying credit needed for home improvements. While racial covenants became illegal in the 1960s, discrimination continued through practices like higher loan rejection and failure rates for minorities through the 2000s. Segregation in Seattle schools also led to lawsuits, and racial disparities in neighborhoods persist today.

2.  Racial covenants
became common by
1926
 They banned certain
races and religions
from Seattle
neighborhoods
 Overt example of
discrimination and
prejudice

3.  Redlining denied credit to
minority neighborhoods
which made it difficult for
minority families to
purchase, improve and sell
their homes. The building
stock in many black
neighborhoods deteriorated
as families were denied
credit to renovate their
homes.
 Between 1934 and 1962,
more than 98% of the $120
billion in subsidized
housing went to white
households.

4.  Racial covenants
became
unenforceable by
the supreme court
 Although they were
unenforceable
people still
discriminated

5.  The first fair housing
law was passed in
1866, however, the
law was not actively
enforced until 1968.
 In 1976 The Home
Mortgage disclosure
act requires lenders
to report race,
income, location of
loans.

6.  http://clpmag.org/
article.php?article=
Redlining_00192

7. Seattle 2000 New York 2000

8.  In King County in 2004, African-Americans
and Hispanics of all income levels faced
difficulties securing conventional home loans.
African-Americans and Hispanics were twice
as likely as Whites to be rejected for
conventional loans. Even after controlling for
income, these two groups experienced higher
loan failure rates than Whites.

9.  In 2007 Parents Involved in Community
Schools sued the Seattle School District No.1
to eliminate their “racial tie-breaker” in
assigning students to particular schools.
 Today schools are not racially diverse in many
neighborhoods, the further north you go the
larger the majority of White students, the
further south the larger the majority of
African-American students.

10.  “Seattle Freeze” - Isolation and introversion
are our cultural norms
 Weather – Hunkering down, avoiding others
 Economic disparity as a result of Institutional
Discrimination
 It’s awkward to talk about race, maybe we are
protecting our self esteem and self image

11.  www.carw.org
 http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/
 http://depts.washington.edu/labhist/
 http://clpmag.org/index.php
 http://washington.webschoolpro.com